Discovery Education STEM Survey

Discovery Education is committed to supporting educators in their implementation of STEM education. We are currently working on numerous initiatives to this end and greatly appreciate your feedback on the following survey.

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What grade levels do you work with? Check all that apply.
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K-23-56-89-12

Implementation of STEM Education

The acronym STEM is in popular use today. To many, it encompasses everything within the separate disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. To others, including the Discovery Education curriculum team, STEM education is more than the sum of its parts. It is a recognition that science, math, technology, and engineering interrelate with each other all of the time. In point of fact, it is difficult to teach one without involving one or more of the others. STEM education can be as simple as math, science, technology, and engineering teachers recognizing and calling attention to the connections among the disciplines. Ideally, however, it is about the collaboration of math, science, engineering, and technology education into what the Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM education calls, "a meta-discipline." Moreover, STEM education is about the blending of those four disciplines into learning opportunities and skills for twenty-first century learners.

How often do you teach the following disciplines?
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Every day

1-2 times per week

Never

Science

1

2

3

Technology

1

2

3

Engineering

1

2

3

Math

1

2

3

Do you take an integrated approach to teaching any or all of the STEM disciplines?
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If you answered yes, please elaborate on which STEM disciplines you frequently integrate.

To what extent do you believe each of the following impacts your ability to fully implement STEM education in your school or district.
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Essential

Significant

Negligible

Not required

Planning time

1

2

3

4

Content knowledge

1

2

3

4

Instructional schedule (i.e., bell/class schedule)

1

2

3

4

Integrated STEM curriculum

1

2

3

4

Professional development

1

2

3

4

In your opinion what is the biggest challenge to implementing STEM education today?
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What types of resources can Discovery Education and its partners provide to help make implementation of STEM education easier for you?
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What types of professional development opportunities can Discovery Education and its partners provide to help you implement STEM education?
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